3D IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION B-LEARNING IMPLEMENTATIONS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS

摘要

The emergence of a fourth dimension (time) and the development of photorealism, by including materials, textures, lights and special effects, allow the configuration of more and more realistic 3D virtual worlds. These are true 3D immersive spaces where the user can interact with virtual objects and other users. These emergent technologies are being applied, we believe in a definitive way, for improving the teaching-learning process in b-Learning environments. The preliminary results of our teaching innovation group are presented in this paper, briefly consisting of creating a WWW 3D virtual meeting point between students and teachers by using the semi open source WWW platform called "Second Life", The first stage of experimentation has proved the potential of 3D immersive environments to develop a formative offer wherein the universities can provide an alternative to the traditional face-to-face learning regarding the presential component. In this sense it is boosted a distance learning approach but mainly using almost a presential method where the meeting point turns out to be a virtual classroom rather than a physical one.